Laurentian Hills

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Laurentian Hills
Town of Laurentian Hills
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Municipal offices in Point Alexander
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Laurentian Hills
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Laurentian Hills
Coordinates: 46°08′N77°33′W / 46.133°N 77.550°W / 46.133; -77.550
Country Canada
Province Ontario
County Renfrew
EstablishedJanuary 1, 2000
Government
  MayorAnne Giardini
  Federal riding Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke
  Prov. riding Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke
Area
[1]
  Land640.48 km2 (247.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2016) [1]
  Total2,961
  Density4.6/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal Code
K0J 1J0
Area code 613
Website www.laurentianhills.ca

Laurentian Hills is a municipality in Eastern Ontario, Canada, on the Ottawa River in Renfrew County. It surrounds (by land) Deep River on the Ontario side of the river. The town is home to the Nuclear Power Demonstration nuclear power plant. The prototype nuclear power plant was operational from 1962 to 1987 and has since then been shut down for over 30 years, awaiting permanent disposal of its radioactive nuclear components. [2] The municipality was formed on January 1, 2000, when the United Townships of Rolph, Buchanan, Wylie and McKay and the Village of Chalk River were merged. [3]

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Communities

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Main Street in Chalk River.

The town comprises the communities of Chalk River, Meilleurs Bay, Moor Lake, Point Alexander, Rolphton, and Wylie.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Laurentian Hills had a population of 2,885 living in 1,251 of its 1,393 total private dwellings, a change of

Population trend: [5]

Trivia

An Ontario Historical Plaque in front of the School House Museum was erected by the province to commemorate the role of Steamboating on the Upper Ottawa in Ontario's heritage. [6]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Laurentian Hills census profile". 2016 Census of Population . Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
  2. "Nuclear Power Demonstration Closure Project".
  3. "Municipal Profiles". County of Renfrew. Archived from the original on 2009-01-17. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
  4. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  6. "Ontario Plaque". Archived from the original on 2008-10-17. Retrieved 2009-01-07.